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The
Regional Arts Fund is an ongoing program that provides approximately
3.6 million dollars per year to support artists and communities in
regional and remote areas. The Regional Arts Fund is part of the
Australian Government’s Arts and Cultural Development Program that
supports participation in, and access to, Australia’s arts and culture
through developing and supporting cultural expression.
The
Regional Arts Fund is managed by Regional Arts Australia on behalf of
the Australian Government and administrated by Flying Arts in
Queensland. To learn more, visit the Flying Arts Website here.
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Regional Arts Fund Quick Response Grants - August
2022 Round
Quick Response Grants are intended to assist regional artists, arts
organisations, and communities to take up professional or skills
development, or small project opportunities, and aim to support small
arts or cultural projects that cannot be funded by other means because
of their nature or timing.
The
August Quick Response Grant round is now open for applications and closes
11:59pm 31 August 2022. All applicants will be notified
of decisions by Thursday 8 September 2022.
Successful
Quick Response Grant recipients from the June 2022 round can be found here.
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Regional Arts Fund Project Grants
The Project Grants stream
supports applications which benefit the community, increase access and
participation, and/or provide direct benefits to artists/arts workers.
Project Grants provide major funding for high-quality arts projects
benefiting regional or remote artists, arts workers, audiences, and
communities.
Round 2 of the 2022 RAF Project
Grants - NOW OPEN
Round
2 of the RAF Project Grants is now open for applications. Round 2
closes at 11:59pm on 16 August 2022.
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Regional Arts Fund Support Materials and Resources
Regional
Arts Fund resources including Guidelines, Eligibility Notes, Frequently
Asked Questions and Application Resources can be accessed here.
Flying
Arts Alliance Get the Grant Webinar is available
here.
To
see a list of past recipients of the Regional Arts Fund, click here.
If
you have any questions about Regional Arts Fund grants, please contact
the Flying Arts RAF Team on (07) 3216 1322, or email Nate at raf@flyingarts.org.au
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2022 National Cultural Policy Development
The
Australian Government has opened consultations for the development of a
National Cultural Policy. This is an important opportunity for all
involved or interested in our arts, entertainment, and cultural sector
to have their say on cultural policy relevant and best suited to our
contemporary and changing community.
We
encourage you to take this opportunity to have your say on the future
of arts and culture in Australia.
Submissions
for National Cultural Policy will close on August
22.
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2022 National Regional Arts Fellowships
The
National Regional Arts Fellowships Program is an investment in the
development of artistic and creative practice. The program is
contemporary, flexible and relevant to artists practicing, working and
living in regional, rural and remote Australia. It is designed as an
applicant-led approach, addressing the needs of the individual in that
time and place; offering a guaranteed income (for a short period) for
an artist/ practitioner to develop their work, skills and networks or
research.
An online information session
will be held on Thursday 11 August 2022.
Applications open 1 September 2022.
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2022 Regional Scribes
Regional
Scribes is an online program for 18-24 year olds in any stage of their
writing and storytelling journeys to overcome the vastness of space and
isolation by coming together virtually with like minded peers across
the country.
Applications open in
November 2022.
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Global Professional Development Award
Are
you an Australian songwriter or producer? Do you want to undertake
professional development in the United States?
Applications are now open for the American Australian Association -
APRA AMCOS Global Professional Development Award!
The Award offers financial assistance to emerging or mid-career
Australian artists, songwriters, and producers to undertake career
development in the United States. You must be an APRA AMCOS member to
apply.
Applications
close 30 September.
Learn More
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Gallery and Museum Achievement Awards
The
Gallery and Museum Achievement Awards (GAMAA) are presented by Museums
& Galleries Queensland to honour the achievements of individuals
and organisations in striving towards excellence.
Nominations for the 2022 GAMAA close at 5:00 pm on Wednesday, 17 August
2022.
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Regional Arts Fund Application Resources Kit
This
document contains links to helpful grant writing resources.
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DESIGN A NATIONAL SONGWRITING PROGRAM
Accessible
Arts, Arts Access Victoria and APRA AMCOS have recently received
funding from Australia Council for the Arts to develop a national
songwriting and music industry program for songwriters with disability
or who are d/Deaf.
EOIs
are open for musicians with disability or who are d/Deaf to design the
program. The design process will be a safe, supportive and inclusive
environment for all. Being part of this process will provide industry
experience. Participants will also be influencing the future of the
music industry. This is a paid opportunity.
Learn More
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What we wish we’d known when we started working in
the arts
Artists
and arts workers from across the country offer up advice for their
younger selves regarding the things they wish they’d known at the start
of their arts sector careers.
Article: ArtsHub. Image: Shutterstock
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Creative Curating
11 August, 10am to 12pm, Your computer
What
does it take to ‘curate’? How can you make the most of your artworks,
art collection or art space? How can you connect history and creativity
with a local audience?
In
this webinar, esteemed curator and writer Naomi Evans will
explore what it means to curate an exhibition in a Queensland context.
Focussing on small art galleries and local government spaces, Naomi
will help participants understand the strengths of a diverse art
collection or practice, learn approaches to planning and curating
thematically, and break down strategies for community engagement.
Banner
image: Installation view of Dark Rooms: Women directing the lens
1978-1998, curated by Naomi Evans, Griffith University Art
Museum, Brisbane, Australia, 2018. Photo: Carl Warner.
Register
Now
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Art as Lens: Using typography, narratives and
nostalgia
14 August, 10am to 4pm,
Queensland College of Art - 226 Grey Street
Take
a look through the lens of celebrated Brisbane artist Martin Smith and
explore the professional application of his artistic practice in
photography and photomedia.
In
his work, Martin employs photography, typography and storytelling to
consider how language and modes of representation are used to express
and interpret personal experience. He works with concepts like
nostalgia, narrative and identity, playing with personal and
contemporary contexts by drawing on his experience and speaking to
universal understandings.
This
workshop is relevant to arts educators, artists and arts workers. It
also includes direct links to the Visual Arts Senior Syllabus,
providing teachers with ideas and scaffolding for delivering Unit 1,
Art as Lens.
Register Now
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Our Globalised World: Exploring diaspora through
art practice
18 August, 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm, Your computer
Hear
Eugenia Lim discuss her video, installation and participatory
performance based art practice and recent projects on globalisation,
diaspora and identity.
This
webinar is suitable for visual art educators, and people interested in
the intersection of art, globalisation and national identities. This
webinar links to the Cross-Curriculum priority of ‘Asia and Australia’s
Engagement with Asia’.
Register
Now
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Digital Art & the Climate Crisis
1 September, 3:30pm to 4:45pm, Your computer
In
this webinar, join Rachel O’Reilly as she discusses her practice as a
settler artist, writer, curator and Phd candidate at Goldsmith’s Centre
for Research Architecture. Rachel will discuss her
research project The Gas Imaginary (2013-2021),
which used poetry, drawing, installation and moving image media to
explore the difference of unconventional fossil gas (fracking) from
colonial modern mining regimes. The final work, a feature-length
installation INFRACTIONS (2019) platformed Indigenous
cultural workers perspectives on fracking in Queensland and the
Northern Territory and toured nationally in 2020-21.
Register
Now
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Get the Grant with Nathaniel Andrew
In
this webinar Flying Arts’ Regional Arts Fund Lead, Nathaniel Andrew
discusses the national cultural funding landscape of 2022, answering
your Frequently Asked Questions about the RAF Community Project Grant
and Quick Response Grant schemes. Nathaniel will speak to the context
of the fund, what RAF aims to support and strategies for navigating
competitive arts funding in 2022.
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Understanding Art Awards with Madeline Brewer
The
Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAA) is back for 2022! In this
Webinar, Madeline Brewer, Flying Arts’ Program Team Lead and
coordinator of the 2022 QRAA, discusses generally the context of visual
art awards in Australia, the history of QRAA and tips for a stand out
entry. Throughout the session you will have the opportunity to ask
questions about the T&Cs and advice for responding to a
‘theme-less’ award.
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Articulate Your Creative Concept with Hamish
Sawyer
Struggling
to find the words to articulate your art practice? In this webinar,
Hamish Sawyer, Brisbane-based curator, writer and Director of Outer
Space, discusses practical skills for communicating your creative
concept to audiences of all types. This presentation is suitable for
artists and arts workers looking to enhance exhibition labels, artwork
statements and artist biographies to compliment physical artwork/s.
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Chance to join a Creative Membership Network
Flying
Arts Membership is a creative network offering the chance to connect
with like-minded supporters of community, arts and culture. Currently
our membership includes discounted access to Professional Development
Programs and Workshops, retail partners, voting rights at the AGM and
more!
The
Accredited Membership option includes access to an affordable general
liability insurance policy for individual artists and artworkers
emerging their professional practice.
Apply
for a policy covering your practice activity:
Visual
artists, designers, craft practitioners, curators
and registrars
Installers
and conservators
Arts
administrators and arts project coordinators
Writers
Musicians
Multidisciplinary
practitioners
Visit
our website or contact our team at members@flyingarts.org.au
to find out more!
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Support Flying Arts!
For
50 years we have made a big difference delivering art experiences and
supporting creative communities all over Queensland.
Help
us raise $50,000 to celebrate half a century of Flying Arts Alliance,
so we can be here for Queensland communities for the next 50 years.
To
make a donation, please click here
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Flying Arts Alliance is listed in the Registration
of Cultural Organisations, and has Deductible Gift Recipient and Tax
Charity Concession status.
All donation above two dollars are tax deductible
and will directly support programs and activities in schools and
communities in regional and remote areas.
Donate Now
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Flying Arts Alliance acknowledges the traditional
custodians of the lands and seas on which we work, live, and create. We
pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Flying Arts Alliance is honoured to acknowledge the
Governor of Queensland, Her Excellency Dr Jeanette
Young AC PSM as our Patron. We also acknowledge Mr Tim
Fairfax AC and Mrs Gina Fairfax AC as our Cultural Patrons.
Flying Arts is a not-for-profit
organisation inspiring the appreciation, practice, and professional development
of the visual and media arts as a lifetime interest or career
throughout regional and remote Queensland, supported by the Queensland
Government through Arts Queensland and corporate partners and
benefactors.
Flying Arts is the administrator in Queensland of
the Regional Arts Fund (RAF), an Australian Government program provided
through Regional Arts Australia.
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